Falun Gong

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News about Falun Gong, including commentary and archival articles published in The New York Times.

Chronology of Coverage

Jun. 12, 2013

Beijing resident identified only as Zhang, member of banned Falun Gong movement, admits to authoring letters that were slipped into packages of Halloween decorations shipped to Oregon from China's Masanjia labor camp; letters were plea for help from inmates, scores of whom have now come forward to corroborate Zhang's descriptions of abuse and torture, especially toward members of Falun Gong, outlawed spiritual practice. MORE

April 7, 2014, Monday

Eleven people, including four well-known lawyers representing families of Falun Gong adherents and other people held in one of China’s notorious “black jails,” have been detained in the northern province of Heilongjiang, the police say.

April 1, 2014, Tuesday

Chinese authorities suggested the massive disruption was the work of hackers. But others cited a malfunction of the government’s Great Firewall, the sprawling, hidden infrastructure used to restrict what ordinary Chinese can see online.